Farm to Table at the garden was a hit; more are coming
Succulent fare, a beautiful garden ambiance, fine wine and clucking chickens, the hits at the first Farm to Table Dinner this year at the Gilroy Demonstration Garden. Volunteers from the garden hosted the evening as part of a fundraising drive to keep the Eden of downtown Gilroy on Eigleberry Street growing, but also to celebrate community and to show off seven years of progress of the community garden.
Gilroy’s downtown Eden serves food in the field
Gilroy’s downtown Eden serves food in the field Demonstration Garden hosted a gourmet dinner outdoors
Gilroy’s exotic Oaxacan market and restaurant serves rare specialties
Oaxaca is thought to be the gourmet food capital of Mexico, with dishes that mix food from the native tribes surrounding one of the country’s southernmost states with colonial Spanish-style cooking.
Donation box vandalized
Gilroy’s first box to have people donate food and give it to others for free was vandalized last week. Someone ripped off the left door. The box on Monterey Street near El Charrito Market was the result of three good Samaritans who want to help people in need.
George Flores November 13, 1951 – June 20, 2017
George Flores passed away on June 20, 2017 after a long battle with lymphatic cancer.
Teaching, Flying, Building His Own Plane
For 30 years, during careers in engineering and computerized banking, through fatherhood and retirement and as a student and teacher at Gavilan Community College in Gilroy, Herb Spenner lived with a singular, droning dream.
